Sleepover Bloody Sleepover

Remember a week ago when I was trying to figure out whether or not to let my Kindergartner spend the night at another little girls house? Well, we decided not to let her go because we did not know the other family very well and she had not even been to their house to play.

We "fixed" the situation with the kids by having my Kindergartner niece spend the night here for the Kindergartner. She is my sister's daughter and lives about 10 minutes away. I don't have to tell you that they love each other - lots. They had a great time.

Well, you guessed the other half of the equation. My first grader had to have someone over as well. She invited a really sweet little girl from the soccer team I coach. We know the family well and they have known me through soccer for a couple years. They also live about a quarter mile from us.

So all is well. Hubby and I sit out back and the girls play in the backyard until dark. We then send them in to take a shower and get ready for bed. They all seem to be tired so that is a good thing. I put the little girls in the guest room with a movie around 9pm and they both fall asleep. I put the big girls in my kid’s room with a movie and they play, play, play.

At 9:30pm my 1st grader calls me upstairs and the other little girl is crying. They won't tell me what happened but she seems okay. They both seem tired so I tell them to lie down and watch the movie so no one gets hurt again. About 10 minutes later my 1st grader is yelling down that her friend needs a band aid. I am thinking - whatever. So I go upstairs with a band aid. Her friend's hip is bleeding. It looks like it was bleeding pretty good but they did not call me up until it had stopped. I guess they thought they would be in trouble so they refused to tell me what happened. I was horrified! I put a band aid on it and that was the last I heard from them until morning.

I took the big girls to get donuts in the morning and they still would not tell what happened. When her mom came to pick her up I just told her that she had a cut on her hip but they would not tell what happened. I didn't want her mom to think I just let them to whatever and had no idea what was up. She has two brothers so her mom seemed un-phased by the whole thing.

So last night the 1st grader spent the night at someone's house. I let the Kindergartner invite a friend over. This is a friend of mine's daughter so all is well. She has been to the house many times and she is comfortable. They had a great time. I let them play until 9pm then went up to put a movie on. When I went downstairs I could hear lots of playing upstairs. I really did not care since they don't have school today. Pretty soon my daughter is yelling down that her friend is crying. I go upstairs and she is holding Kleenex to her mouth and I see lots of blood!

I stay calm and bring her downstairs. I ask my daughter what happened and she says they were jumping on the bed and her friend fell on the floor. I get the blood cleared away and find that she was bleeding on the inside and outside of her lip. It was fairly swollen as well. I calmed her down and gave her some ice. Then she announced she had a loose tooth. I checked it out and sure enough she had knocked a front tooth loose. I am totally feeling like parent of the year here. I took them back upstairs and put the moving back on. As I was tucking my daughter in I saw a bloody spot on the white, wooden frame of her bed. I asked and it was true. Her friend had done a face plant right on to the wood. I felt awful for her.

I checked back with them 20 minutes later and all seemed well. I called her mom around 9:30pm and told her that her daughter had got hurt. Again, this child has an older brother so she totally understood. They are up this morning and all seems well other than a swollen lip.

Can I not have a sleepover without blood? Maybe it's true what they say: No blood, no party! Well, I guess I better go check the mailbox for my mother of the year award. NOT!